Appliance for waving or treating hair.



H. E. MARCEL.

APPLIANCE FORWAVING ORIREATING HAIR. APPLICATION FILED APR. 4. 1916.

w. a. W A r'rmA EK Patented Al nzs, 1918.

i hlt lb HENRY EDMOND ano'nLQor Lonnon; ENGLAND:

APPLIANCE FOR WAVING R TREATING HAIR.

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ToaZZ whom. it may] concern: i

Be it known thatll, HENRY Eniu onn GEL, a subject of theKingof Great Britain and j Ireland, residing at 53% Oxford street, London, W., England, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements Relating to Appliances for; Naving oi-Treating Hair, of which the.v following is a specification,

This invention relates to appliances for waving or treating the hair of the type in which the hair is wound upon a support and inserted into a casing and retained there while subject tomoistheat whereby the hair 'ismore or less permanently waved or treated.

Appliances for this purpose are know'n in which theshair heated by means of an electric resistance coil, and the object of the present invention isto provide an appliance of the kind inwhich the heating is not de-' pendent upon a resistance coil but is eiiected without liability to burning the hair by the use of a mass of metal which is first heated and thenv introduced into theapparatus.

According to the invention a heater is provided formed essentially of a central tube within which the hair curled or wrapped in amoist paper or other covering is introduced and a surrounding and removable massive sleeve of metal or other material capable of being heated to a high degree, a

surrounding casing being advantageously employed capable of being applied over the centraltube and the massive sleeve after the latter has been placed in position upon the central tube. On the massive sleeve being heated and placed inposition on the central tube the latter will be heated and the heat retained for such time as efi ectively to treat the hair inserted Within the tube.

The invention comprises the construction of apparatus hereinafter described.

The invention is illustrated by way of eX- ample inthe accompanying drawing which represents in'Figure l an elevation partly in section of one construction, and in Fig. 2 a cross-section on the line w-g/ Fig 1.

In carrying the invention into effect as illustratedin the accompanying drawing a central tube a is provided for the reception around it of a massive sleeve b which may be made of a suitable alloy of metal in which aluminium is incorporated so thatwhile the.

sleeve 6 is massive it is nevertheless not very heavy. A casing 0 serves to inclose the massivesleeve b. a

In the illustrated construction the casing 1 between themclosed at the top andop'en at thebottonn The central tube a extends be- Specification of Letters lPatent. Patentygfljtpp; 23, 1918 p f Application filed April 4 1916. I Seria1No.88,8 93. 1

yondthe lower edge of the casing c and the casing is provided with a handle it by means of which the combined casing and tube may beheld so that thelower extremity of the tube a may be inserted'within the sleeve 6 and thus the sleeve 6 maybe introduced withinthe casing without the necessity of,

the sleeve in its heated condition being otherwise handled. p

In the illustrated construction the sleeve Z) is provided with a number of internal lengitudinail ribs 6. at intervals which may be.

formed by providing "inthe upper part of the sleeve corresponding internal longitudinal recesses, so that thus the sleeve 6 contacts with the central tube ctthrough the ribs 6? only, so thatth e area of the heatedsleevein contact with the central tubeis .minimized and a rapid distribution of heat from the massive sleeve and the excessive heating of the central tube are prevented. Furthermore pins (Z (Z are provlded at the upper and lower ends of thesleeve 6 through which contact is made with the upper end of the casing and the lower cover 6. The

f of vulcanite or other suitable material, the

cover 6 being mounted thereon by means of pin g as illustrated. By such means space is available for the application thereon of that part of the hair that is not being treated. The heater thus provided is ap- .85 latter is PlOVlClQCl' with a rim by which it may be fitted within the lower open end of the plied in position close to the head With the ring in contact with it. By-such means the hair curled or wrappedin a moist paper or other covering may be inserted into the tube and the hair treated very nearly to the I roots.

The central tube may be provided of copper, aluminium or any other suitablemetal. In the case of apparatus intended for treating hair near the roots only, the sleeve may be relatively short and contact may be made with the central tube near the lower end only. i

It is preferred to provide the central tube andthe base completely open at each end 3 V butthe central tube may be provided open at "one end only and holes at the other end 111 7 suitable position for the escape "of steam.

In use the appliance may be suspended from! a balanced fitting 'in'order to relieve the weight ottheappliance from the head, butit is one of the objects of the invention 1 1 1'. i .appli-anc toproduce the applianceas light as possible claim";

and to -reduce tlie tctal eight to .a minimum.

the haircomp'rising essentially :a central heating tube through which the hair to be waved or treated 18 introduced and a removable ,masslve sleevecapa'ble of being heated and applied upon the tube for heatf ing the hair Withinit.

12am appliance for wavingor treating "the ihair, comprising essentially a central heating tube through which the hair to be waved or treated i introduced, a removable massive sleeve Capable of being heated and removable massive; sleeve.

applied upon the tube for heating the hair within it, and a casing for surrounding the an appliance ior waving or treating the hair, ccmprising essentially a central ef tlii s jiatent may be obtained for;

heatih'gjtubethreugh which the hair to be waved or treated 1s ."lIllZlQdllCGd, agcas'ing e'to'r' waving or treating forming with said central heating tube an annular space and a removable massive sleeve capable of being heated and applied upon-the said tube within the said annular .space for heating the halr within the tube.

'4:- An ppliance for waving or treatin the hair, comprising essentially a centra heating tube through which the hair to be waved '01 treated is introduced, a non-c011- ducting base upon which said central heating'tube'is mounted and a removable massivev sleeve capable of being heated and applied upon the tube for heating the hair within it.

1 5. An appliance for waving or treating the hair, comprising essentially a central heating tube through which the hair to be Witnesses: I

aminar EDWARD Evans, SAMUEL 'GRETJNBERG.

five cents each, w addressing the Commissioner of Patents, washin'gtonfDic. e 

